This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2015) |
This is a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya. Some places in the list could be considered suburbs or neighborhoods of some large cities in the list, so this list is not definitive.
No. | City | Population |
---|---|---|
1 | Tripoli / طرابلس الغرب | 2,220,000 |
2 | Benghazi / بنغازي | 1,501,000 |
3 | Misrata / مصراتة | 550,000 |
4 | Zawiya / الزاوية | 234,000 |
5 | Bayda / البيضاء | 209,000 |
6 | Gharyan / غريان | 187,000 |
7 | Tobruk / طبرق | 172,500 |
8 | Ajdabiya / اجدابيا | 160,200 |
9 | Zliten / زليتن | 158,250 |
10 | Derna / درنة | 150,000 |
11 | Sirte / سرت | 128,123 |
12 | Sabha / سبها | 103,743 |
13 | Khoms / الخمس | 88,317 |
14 | Bani Walid / بني وليد | 85,425 |
15 | Sabratha / صبراتة | 80,000 |
16 | Zuwara / زوارة | 75,893 |
17 | Kufra / الكفرة | 68,940 |
18 | Marj / المرج | 62,894 |
19 | Tocra / توكرة | 60,681 |
20 | Tarhuna / ترهونة | 50,715 |
21 | Msallata / مسلاتة | 46,169 |
22 | Jumayl / الجميل | 39,344 |
23 | Sorman / صرمان | 36,707 |
24 | Al Gseibat | 32,559 |
25 | Shahhat / شحات | 28,818 |
26 | Ubari / أوباري | 27,796 |
27 | Asbi'a / الأصابعة | 27,693 |
28 | Jadid | 27,503 |
29 | Waddan / ودان | 27,000 |
30 | El Agheila / العقيلة | 26,813 |
31 | Abyar / الأبيار | 26,600 |
32 | Nofaliya / النوفلية | 25,997 |
33 | Regdalin / رقدالين | 25,831 |
34 | Gasr Akhyar | 25,261 |
35 | Al Qubah / القبة | 24,631 |
36 | Tawergha / تاورغاء * | 24,223 |
37 | Al Maya | 23,222 |
38 | Murzuk / مرزق | 22,395 |
39 | Brega | 21,715 |
40 | Teghsat | 21,642 |
41 | Hun | 19,816 |
42 | Jalu | 18,873 |
43 | Ajaylat | 18,277 |
44 | Nalut | 17,146 |
45 | Suluq | 16,999 |
46 | Shuhada' al Buerat | 16,282 |
47 | Zaltan | 15,801 |
48 | Mizda | 13,809 |
49 | Ra's Lanuf | 13,130 |
50 | Al Urban | 12,600 |
51 | Yafran | 12,372 |
52 | Ar Rayaniya | 12,263 |
53 | Umm al Rizam | 12,098 |
54 | Taucheira | 11,723 |
55 | Brak | 11,638 |
56 | Abu Ghlasha | 11,179 |
57 | Ad Dawoon | 10,909 |
58 | Teji | 10,828 |
59 | Qaminis | 10,713 |
60 | Qatrun | 10,650 |
61 | Benina | 10,522 |
62 | Kikla | 10,350 |
63 | Al Rheibat | 10,080 |
64 | Sokna | 9,887 |
65 | Massa | 9,748 |
66 | Bin Jawad | 9,675 |
67 | Umm al Aranib | 9,655 |
68 | Jadu | 9,653 |
69 | Ghadames | 9,558 |
70 | Ar Rabta | 9,487 |
71 | Ghat | 9,228 |
72 | Al Abraq | 8,861 |
73 | Sidi as Said | 8,836 |
74 | Ar Rajban | 8,820 |
75 | Awjila | 8,515 |
76 | Ras al Hamam | 8,397 |
77 | Tolmeita | 8,310 |
78 | Zella | 8,202 |
79 | Wadi Utba | 8,178 |
80 | Al Barkat | 8,130 |
81 | Martuba | 8,130 |
82 | Traghan | 7,510 |
83 | Al Hashan | 7,494 |
84 | El Bayyada | 7,432 |
85 | Qayqab | 7,297 |
86 | Mashashita | 7,255 |
87 | Bu-Fakhra | 7,142 |
88 | Musaid | 7,139 |
89 | Tacnis | 7,038 |
90 | Susa | 7,038 |
91 | Wadi Zem-Zem | 6,799 |
92 | Batta | 6,754 |
93 | Tazirbu | 6,600 |
94 | Jadid | 6,598 |
95 | Farzougha | 6,564 |
96 | Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtar | 6,521 |
97 | Bi'r al Ashhab | 6,399 |
Source:Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, pp. 118-123.
See also
- Transliteration of Libyan placenames
- List of metropolitan areas in Africa
- List of largest cities in the Arab world
References
- ^ Libya, spiegel 2011
- The New York Times, 2011 Mar 6
- Libyan rebels advance to edge of Tripoli, trappings of Gadhafi's regime crumbling Yahoo, accessed 21 Aug 2011
External links
- Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
Libya | |||
---|---|---|---|
History | |||
Geography | |||
Politics | |||
Economy | |||
Culture | |||
List of cities in Africa | |
---|---|
Sovereign states |
|
States with limited recognition | |
Dependencies and other territories |
|
Lists of cities in the Middle East | |
---|---|
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not officially recognized by the United Nations, recognized only by Turkey; see Cyprus dispute. The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip is not officially recognized by the United Nations, though is recognized as legitimate Palestinian government by several states. |